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common sempervtrens, though not so hardy. 

 /. tenoriana, with purplish-white flowers, and 

 /. jncunda, with small pink blossoms, also de- 

 serve a place. Desirable among white flowers 

 is the hardy little Alpine catchfly (jSilene alpes- 

 tris), and the smaller Tunica saxifraga, that 

 blossoms all summer. If you wish sheets of 

 blue in June, Veronica verbenacea should not 

 be overlooked, a pretty lavender-blue, and V. 

 rupestris, a smaller, deeper-colored, and more 

 compact variety. V. pumila is loosely habited 

 and inferior to either of these. The diminutive 

 V. repens is a valuable carpet-plant. It is the 

 first of its tribe to appear, almost smothered 

 with small pale lavender blossoms in early 

 spring. 



Of native wildlings, false Solomon's -seal 

 (Smilacina bifolid) is easily naturalized in 

 shade. The little yellow -star-grass (Hypoxts 

 erecta) will grow almost anywhere. Among 

 trailing plants proper, there are none which 

 exhale such a flavor of the woods as the 

 twin-flower (Ltnncea borealis), a favorite of 

 Linnaeus, and named in honor of the great 

 botanist. It is not at all difficult to estab- 

 lish, as might be supposed, growing in sun- 

 shine, and luxuriating in light, moist soil and 

 deep shadow. 



